Patrick O'Brian's naval epic set in 1809, dramatised by Roger Danes. Starring David Robb as Captain Jack Aubrey and Richard Dillane as Doctor Stephen Maturin.

Jack has been promoted to Commodore to lead a squadron of English ships, charged with taking the Indian Ocean islands of Mauritius and Réunion from the French. Jack faces superior odds at sea and on land (where Stephen's subversive skills are invaluable as ever). Yet, in his new role as Commodore, Jack needs subtlety and subterfuge to win over the crews and subordinate captains of his own fleet, including the courageous but brutal Captain Corbett.

Based on a naval campaign in 1809-10 when Britain and France were bitterly engaged in protecting their trade routes around the southern tip of Africa - and the islands of Mauritius and Réunion (east of Madagascar) were viewed as strategic bases.

The Mauritius Command is the fourth novel in Patrick O'Brian's Nelsonic epic series and the sequel to HMS Surprise which was dramatised for Radio 4 in 2008.

Captain Jack Aubrey ................... DAVID ROBB
Doctor Stephen Maturin .......... ...RICHARD DILLANE
Captain Corbett................. ....CHRISTIAN RODSKA
Governor Farquhar ..................... ..DAVID RINTOUL
Lt-Col Keating ............ ........THOMAS ARNOLD
Admiral Bertie.............................. SEAN BAKER
Lt Seymour ....................... ...MAX DOWLER
Lt Pullings ...................................DAVID HOLT
Lt Tullidge....................................LLOYD THOMAS
Major O'Neil................................ SAM DALE
Midshipman Johnson ....... ...........NYASHA HATENDI
Producer/director: Bruce Young. Show less